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SLIDING GATE.

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Fermat* SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,648, datedAugustl21, 1883.

l Application tiled April 10, 1883. (No model.) l

.To avZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK OBENciAIN, of South lVhitley, in the county ofWhitley and State of Indiana, khave invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sliding Gates; and I do hereby decla-re the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to'make and useit, referen ce being had to the accompanying drawings, which form partof this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sliding gates, and it consistsin the combination of a suitable casting, which is secured between thetwo posts ,between which the gate moves, and which casting has connectedto it a pivoted curved rod, which. swings freely around with the gateand prevents the gate from tilting down at one end, as will be morefully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for sliding gateswhich will pre-Y vent the outer end of the gate from sagging down, sothat the person opening and closing the gate will not have to lift theend up and carry it around, as is always the case where no provision ismade to prevent this tilting. Y

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention complet-e. Fig. 2 is a planview ofthe same with a part of the top cross bar or rail of the gateremoved. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view.

A represents an ordinary sliding'v gate, B the two posts between whichthe gate is hung,

and C the post against which the gate is closed. In between the twoposts Bis rigidly secured a casting, D, of any suitable description,which forms a support upon which the gate moves. The upper cross bar orrail 'of ner that its front or free end cannot sag or' drop down. As theouter end of this curved rod I has no upward movement, and as it titssnugly down upon the top of one of the cross bars or rails of the gate,the gate is heldin equilibrium all the time, and hence the outer endcannot' sag down upon the ground, as is the case where no provision ofany hind is made to hold the free end up.

Where the gate sags down at thefree end it cannot be swung freelyopembut must be carried back and forth by the person opening and closingthe gate. My invention enables a sliding gate of the construction hereshown to be swung open as freely as an ordinary hinged gate.

I am aware that rods or levers having friction-wheels secured to theirends have heretofore been used for the purpose or" holding sliding gatesin a horizontal position while being moved back and forth, and this Idisclaim.

Having thus described my invention, Iv

claim- AIn a sliding gate, the combination of the two posts B, placed atan angle to each other, the casting D, which is secured between them andA upon which the top rail of the gate rests, and

which casting is provided with the ears G, and the curved rod I, whichhasits rear end grooved so as to catch over one of the cross bars orrails of the gate, substantially as shown.

Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' FRANK OBENCHAIN. TWitnesses:

GEORGE KV. REAsnR, ALoNzo Lnncns'rnn.

